There is an interesting project worth paying attention to. Dusk was established in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2018. The initial idea was very simple — to break down various barriers in the financial industry and enable ordinary people to access institutional-level assets. Over the years, they have raised $124 million through an IPO, along with tens of millions of euros from multiple rounds of funding, gradually improving their technology and ecosystem.

Their product line is also becoming more diverse. Dusk Pay handles payments, Dusk Vault manages asset custody, Citadel handles identity verification — each link has its own innovation. But what truly helped them establish a foothold in compliance is their collaboration with institutions like NPEX and Chainlink. Together, they built Europe's first fully regulated blockchain securities exchange, enabling the entire process of issuance, trading, and tokenization of financial instruments.

On the technical side, they are working with advanced solutions like privacy-preserving smart contracts and zero-knowledge proofs, which are well adapted to the EU regulatory framework. In other words, Dusk is leveraging these capabilities to connect the €40 trillion EU securities market with the Web3 world, promoting the genuine integration of traditional finance and decentralized finance.